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next is stephen, republican. caller: i just wanted to say that i think they should leave the federal workers that are making $50,000 or below alone. and because i believe john boehner is all too comfortable with focusing on freezing these people's pay because he is making millions and millions of dollars. i think we should just leave them alone. steve host: in from west virginia. -- host: steven from what's for dinner. two people from dolly rancher say -- and a similar theme on twitter -- our topic this morning is, are federal workers overpaid? next is from north carolina -- and we are going to move on from that, i guess. this is east prairie. denise, republican line, go ahead. caller: i have a couple of comments. i believe most federal employees are not overpaid, but i do think their compensation packages are out of line. the point is, the ones that are you receiving raises yearly, their return -- they are cutting the retirement age and a of people have been paying into the fund and it has been rated by the gove
next is stephen, republican. caller: i just wanted to say that i think they should leave the federal workers that are making $50,000 or below alone. and because i believe john boehner is all too comfortable with focusing on freezing these people's pay because he is making millions and millions of dollars. i think we should just leave them alone. steve host: in from west virginia. -- host: steven from what's for dinner. two people from dolly rancher say -- and a similar theme on twitter -- our...
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host: stephen, independent line. caller: my cousin just retired from the freedom of information office. i wanted to give you my views on this. i have seen all of this across the country for years. all republicans have to say is california, illinois, new york, and a couple of other states in there. they -- there is mostly democratic senators in congress, and that is what is bringing the country down. [unintelligible] it would go a long way to help this country to get ahead. amen for the tea party. we do need jobs. thank you. guest: i agree with a lot of those sentiments and i think they are widely held. i wonder if the people will be saying the same things about republicans in two years, four years, or six years. that the country is being run wrong, overspending, and taxation. the fact that barbara boxer in california, she could lose. harry reid in nevada, to me, that is one of the most interesting races. he is running against a state senator, who beat the candidate in the primary. she had tea party backing. he is hav
host: stephen, independent line. caller: my cousin just retired from the freedom of information office. i wanted to give you my views on this. i have seen all of this across the country for years. all republicans have to say is california, illinois, new york, and a couple of other states in there. they -- there is mostly democratic senators in congress, and that is what is bringing the country down. [unintelligible] it would go a long way to help this country to get ahead. amen for the tea...
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host: stephen hadley, someone on twitter commenting on him. guest: you have to define what spying is. do they respond with a cable, saying this is our assessment of this person, or whatever? some may call that spying. are you going to have a diplomat trying to plant a bug, those types of things? i sure hope not. it is kind of like, what is spying, and what is not? host: chris, calling from jacksonville, florida. caller: thank you for taking my call. congressman hoekstra, i want to commend you for taking our calls. my point here is, why is it that we always seem to be reacting to the problems in government? if you look at the system, people call for medicare issues, and things like that. but there are a lot of things that need to be fixed in the system. these are the things that should be focused on, not reaction to when things happen. guest: he is exactly right. i came out of the business world. in the business world, you always want to be meeting. i work for a company that was a leader in its industry, from an innovative standpoint, and that
host: stephen hadley, someone on twitter commenting on him. guest: you have to define what spying is. do they respond with a cable, saying this is our assessment of this person, or whatever? some may call that spying. are you going to have a diplomat trying to plant a bug, those types of things? i sure hope not. it is kind of like, what is spying, and what is not? host: chris, calling from jacksonville, florida. caller: thank you for taking my call. congressman hoekstra, i want to commend you...
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stephen counted, he used the word i 72 times. he was also a speechwriter for eisenhower. he said that if eisenhower had written that kind of state of the union, his head would have been handed to him. liberals loved it, conservatives did not. that was the standard. but, looking forward to the baltimore session, he was off of the teleprompter, unscripted. that is when he got his drive back. guest: of this whole thing about television, he got a lot more time on television and the has recently. wanting to remake his image, it is amazing how the voters, in his brief christmas break, the president's gets to reintroduce himself, that he can do that as the bestin the world is something. host: of the guests on "newsmakers" is evan doracon, let's look at his statements. >> the president made health- care his signature push, was that a mistake? >> fighting it was. not because health care is not important, but the timing was not good. spending in a deep hole is difficult in terms of putting the other reposal begging get through congress. i especially might have said working exclusiv
stephen counted, he used the word i 72 times. he was also a speechwriter for eisenhower. he said that if eisenhower had written that kind of state of the union, his head would have been handed to him. liberals loved it, conservatives did not. that was the standard. but, looking forward to the baltimore session, he was off of the teleprompter, unscripted. that is when he got his drive back. guest: of this whole thing about television, he got a lot more time on television and the has recently....
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host: stephen wayne is here to talk about presidents and divided governments. guest: it works the same as the regular government other than the fact that it is slower and more contentious. we have had experience with divided governments. in 1968, the democrats lost their majority. of the 42 years of government we have had, 28 have been with divided government. at least -- the other party that doesn't control the white house controls one or both of the other houses. but the key to divided government is willingness to compromise. that is the big question we face today. we have never had a government has divided with the party as ideological as we seem to have today. even during the clinton-gingrich era, the senate was a sort of moderating force. today, what we do not have left in congress are moderates, people who might vote one light on one issue and one white on another issue. the key will be compromised and we have to see if both sides are willing to do it. host: there was a piece written over the weekend. the dynamic is reversed. both parties are responsible
host: stephen wayne is here to talk about presidents and divided governments. guest: it works the same as the regular government other than the fact that it is slower and more contentious. we have had experience with divided governments. in 1968, the democrats lost their majority. of the 42 years of government we have had, 28 have been with divided government. at least -- the other party that doesn't control the white house controls one or both of the other houses. but the key to divided...
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good morning, stephen. the president has a lot of work to do. the previous caller stating that both parties are not responsible is ridiculous, they're both responsible and the mirror each other in so many ways. i can give you an example of the changes for health care with obama putting through that initiative. a doctor that excised something from a doctor's office for $182, the same person when to the hospital for medication because the pharmacy would not touch it, $500, two separate charges. his eyebrows went up and he said thank you for that information. the parties that are supposed to work together, that is their job. they are supposed to represent all of the people. in terms of compromise, bob dylan says that everyone loves compromise. we started to shed jobs in the 1970's starting with manufacturing. i have one word of advice for the president, it really bothers me when i hear politicians say they are the best. no one is the best. we can be the best sometimes. i cannot handle it, it bothers me a lot and i wish that he would stop saying tha
good morning, stephen. the president has a lot of work to do. the previous caller stating that both parties are not responsible is ridiculous, they're both responsible and the mirror each other in so many ways. i can give you an example of the changes for health care with obama putting through that initiative. a doctor that excised something from a doctor's office for $182, the same person when to the hospital for medication because the pharmacy would not touch it, $500, two separate charges....
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stephen, democratic line in kentucky. go ahead, stephen. caller: i do not think there is going to be much change as far as what is happening now. i think that the president has tried to implement policies to save american jobs, with gm and chrysler. i am a democrat, but donald trump made a statement that you have to create things, and we are not creating any thing here in america. until they bring the jobs back from china, there are not going to be no jobs. host: at rouge, louisiana, claudia, republican line. good morning. caller: everyone has said that we're talking about what we are going to do, and they are just walking and talking. you can help all the -- if you cannot help the people that accomplish what the republicans in the bush administration destroyed for eight years -- they have been talking and walking and we need some action. we need to sit down and listen. how did you vote? caller: i an not registered in kansas so i just moved here. unfortunate. i am curious how the republicans and tea party are going to be voting on new passa
stephen, democratic line in kentucky. go ahead, stephen. caller: i do not think there is going to be much change as far as what is happening now. i think that the president has tried to implement policies to save american jobs, with gm and chrysler. i am a democrat, but donald trump made a statement that you have to create things, and we are not creating any thing here in america. until they bring the jobs back from china, there are not going to be no jobs. host: at rouge, louisiana, claudia,...
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stephen, an independent line. caller: can they really tell? there is no way of telling really, with respect to the color, those colors you wonder if they were randomly picking them or if something was going on. how can we know? thank you. host: college park, maryland. robert. caller: i work in the field. for those of you worrying about us listening in on you and paying attention to you, first of all we do not have the manpower to look at all 300 million americans. second of all, we do not care what you do with your private lives, most of us in the field know it is a boring life. we are defending the nation against people that want to kill us for religious purposes. that is all that we are doing. if we have to listen in on cell phones, then that is what we will do. host: do you see them working at cross purposes? caller: the lack of communication between those agencies, there are different groups within the intelligence community that do the same thing and look at the samenformation without talking to each other. that is the biggest threat to t
stephen, an independent line. caller: can they really tell? there is no way of telling really, with respect to the color, those colors you wonder if they were randomly picking them or if something was going on. how can we know? thank you. host: college park, maryland. robert. caller: i work in the field. for those of you worrying about us listening in on you and paying attention to you, first of all we do not have the manpower to look at all 300 million americans. second of all, we do not care...
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stephen kaplan is a lawyer -- steven kaplan is a lawyer, but he specializes in financial mortgage matters. welcome and thanks for being here. guest: thank you, susan. host: the description of one current mortgage disclosure is that they are a quagmire. would you agree? guest: i think that is probably an appropriate description. i think the different types of requirements and up being very confusing and cumbersome and a voluminous amount of paper. voluminous amount of paper. we have disclosures that allow people to shop for different products, so they can take the product that they got from lender "a" and compare it to render "b." other disclosures are informational, like be careful, your house is on the line. it is very difficult for the consumer to understand. host: and the big headline from the "wall street journal" this morning, the "housing is staying stuck." guest: probably the largest issue right now from a housing sales perspective other than qualifying for mortgage loans are the underwriting guidelines that are being applied by lenders. they're very strict. a lot of people are app
stephen kaplan is a lawyer -- steven kaplan is a lawyer, but he specializes in financial mortgage matters. welcome and thanks for being here. guest: thank you, susan. host: the description of one current mortgage disclosure is that they are a quagmire. would you agree? guest: i think that is probably an appropriate description. i think the different types of requirements and up being very confusing and cumbersome and a voluminous amount of paper. voluminous amount of paper. we have disclosures...
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stephen, a republican line, st. petersburg, florida. caller: hello, and good morning. host: how would you cut the debt? caller: i would make a flat tax. decrease social security by 3%, increased the -- decrease the fed pay by 5 percent, encourage cities and states to save money rather than spend everything. fix prices for medicine so people will have the social security cut can still afford medicine. and i would make more prisoners go on work release and charge the one-third of their pay while they are out of work release to pay for their time in prison. host: gym in michigan. independent line. good morning. caller: thank you very much for c-span. i really enjoy what the man said about the industrial base. we have to raise and -- revenue. one way i think we can do it is we have to look again at what the royalties are paid on minerals, oil, and all of this stuff. we settled this out years ago when it was nothing per barrel and minerals were nothing, going back to these things to belong to the people, the united states. if we charge a fair market value based on what they
stephen, a republican line, st. petersburg, florida. caller: hello, and good morning. host: how would you cut the debt? caller: i would make a flat tax. decrease social security by 3%, increased the -- decrease the fed pay by 5 percent, encourage cities and states to save money rather than spend everything. fix prices for medicine so people will have the social security cut can still afford medicine. and i would make more prisoners go on work release and charge the one-third of their pay while...
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stephens -- harder. stephens said it becomes harder to look at the case-by-case basis. this makes it a little bit harder. i want to know if she is trans- national, and she believes that the constitution is below the law of the international community and the world? this would go against everything that we have believed in. you were reading an article about progressivism, and this is basically what this. but the gentleman before was talking about, how this shall not be infringed. these are the specific words that have to be interpreted the way that they were meant to be when they were written. and i like to hear what she thinks about the constitution. and anything is fair game. if she is wanting to answer this or not, we have to know where she stands on the issue. this is the supreme court. this is the real deal. she will be here for life. this is a major deal and we have to know everything about her. and this will go for anybody. this is very important. the supreme court is an important branch of the government. >> what do you expect in the confirmation hearings? >> i t
stephens -- harder. stephens said it becomes harder to look at the case-by-case basis. this makes it a little bit harder. i want to know if she is trans- national, and she believes that the constitution is below the law of the international community and the world? this would go against everything that we have believed in. you were reading an article about progressivism, and this is basically what this. but the gentleman before was talking about, how this shall not be infringed. these are the...
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dc comics hit stephen colbert and jon stewart rallied and from the new york"daily news," stewart and colbert is fund in in the state here is an excerpt of jon stewart's comments at the end of the three-hour event. >> what exactly was this? i cannot control what people think this was. i can only tell you my intentions. this was not a rally to reticule people of faith or people of activism or to look down our noses at heartland are passionate argument or to suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. they are and we do. we live now in hard times, not end times. [applause] [applause] we can have animus and not be enemies. [applause] unfortunately, one of our main tools in delineating the two broke. the country's 24-hour politico- pundit-the petrol -- perpetual coverage did not cause our problems. its existence makes solving them that [applause] much] -- that much harder. [applause] host: an excerpt from yesterday's comedy central rally on the mall in washington that we covered in its entirety here on c-span. one is to the next congress will do what is the camp
dc comics hit stephen colbert and jon stewart rallied and from the new york"daily news," stewart and colbert is fund in in the state here is an excerpt of jon stewart's comments at the end of the three-hour event. >> what exactly was this? i cannot control what people think this was. i can only tell you my intentions. this was not a rally to reticule people of faith or people of activism or to look down our noses at heartland are passionate argument or to suggest that times are...
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guest: there was interesting talk in colorado this saturday of the rally on the mall with stephen colbert/jon stewart from union activists who said the where are the young people today? we need them more than ever. they are. in are it is not clear that that rally did not take people off the field on the day they were needed, according to the experts. host: 1 cable news reporter was suspended by the cnbc. bill kristol said that nbc should bring him back and keith -- keep keith olbermann. guest: as a reporter, you cannot contribute to political candidates and cannot go to rallies and take sides and is because that is a violation of your role as a journalist. anybody who saw the keys olbermann show was surprised he was contributing to democrats. he said there was no role from prohibiting him from doing this. given that his role is to be provocative liberal anchor, it seems to me there is not a violation of the kind of journalistic code that would be if we contributed to candidates. guest: journalists weighing in on any matter of public trust, we are now below car dealers usually, it is somet
guest: there was interesting talk in colorado this saturday of the rally on the mall with stephen colbert/jon stewart from union activists who said the where are the young people today? we need them more than ever. they are. in are it is not clear that that rally did not take people off the field on the day they were needed, according to the experts. host: 1 cable news reporter was suspended by the cnbc. bill kristol said that nbc should bring him back and keith -- keep keith olbermann. guest:...
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host: stephen kohn is national director of the national whistleblowers center. et's go to eva in athens, georgia. caller: good morning. the most famous case i know of that began with the gentleman who is a chemist, who did the whistle blowing against the tobacco company, they made a movie out of it. it's called "the insiders." it was more focused on what happened inside of cbs. can you tell me what happened to the gentleman who was a the gentleman? long-term, what happened to him? >> guest: you can look him up on the internet. he has a website. i believe he obtained it some part of the settlement and got some settlement of of the tobacco sonia sotomayor. he fell into the black hole of calcutta. there is still the whistle- blower law covering the tobacco industry -- no whistle blower law covering the tobacco industry. believe it or not, today the food and drug administration inspectors have almost no protection, and as we learn about the bad eggs, there is a whistle-blower law in congress for people who work for the food industry so they can blow the whistle on t
host: stephen kohn is national director of the national whistleblowers center. et's go to eva in athens, georgia. caller: good morning. the most famous case i know of that began with the gentleman who is a chemist, who did the whistle blowing against the tobacco company, they made a movie out of it. it's called "the insiders." it was more focused on what happened inside of cbs. can you tell me what happened to the gentleman who was a the gentleman? long-term, what happened to him?...
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just cities stephens. old buddy held up in a courtroom spent the weekend preparing but didn't go the elaborate preparations that's common in some ways it's like preparing for a supreme court argument sit elf. advocates like to practice and imagine what type of questions will be asked and try to get ready and someone the best way to answer it. she's practicing for the debate championship. next call. george, independent line? caller: right there. do we expect a big battle over her and what are her odds to get in? the other thing i wanted to say is who really benefit. are we making laws more convoluteed so we need a ph.d.. who's benefitting from that? guest: doesn't have a ph.d. but a jury risk doctor and p h.d.'s get offended by that. real ph.d.'s don't consider it a serious type of degree. i'm kidding of course. she's a law degree. three years after college required for that and mass a masters degree tomorrow oxford. the terms in whether or not there will be a big battle will be a lot of smoke and heat. i d
just cities stephens. old buddy held up in a courtroom spent the weekend preparing but didn't go the elaborate preparations that's common in some ways it's like preparing for a supreme court argument sit elf. advocates like to practice and imagine what type of questions will be asked and try to get ready and someone the best way to answer it. she's practicing for the debate championship. next call. george, independent line? caller: right there. do we expect a big battle over her and what are...
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we will be speaking with stephen more from the "wall street journal." in just a few minutes, we will hear from -- randi weingarten from the american federation of teachers. >> the u.s. senate is not in session today. senators are meeting at the newseum. they will be hearing from the president this morning as well. we continue coverage of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request today. the senate finance committee holds a hearing on the health and human services budget which is requested to go up 3.9%. secretary kathleen sebelius will testify. live coverage at 3:00 eastern. a budget hearing on c-span 3. timothy geithner testifies on the budget, tax, medicare proposals. in the afternoon, the house armed services subcommittee will hear a report from the defense task force on sexual assault and military services. that hearing is live at 3:00 eastern. >> we know his starkly markets often do not work but we forgot. >> joseph tickets on the economic collapse and the effect on the global economy. >> now for educators, c-span offers the new classroom at c
we will be speaking with stephen more from the "wall street journal." in just a few minutes, we will hear from -- randi weingarten from the american federation of teachers. >> the u.s. senate is not in session today. senators are meeting at the newseum. they will be hearing from the president this morning as well. we continue coverage of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request today. the senate finance committee holds a hearing on the health and human services budget...
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host: stephen, wrap it up. caller: the democratically controlled congress, said that, in west -- senate, in west virginia, mr. mansion, oliverio signed these bills over, giving power to the federal government. they are just going to continue to do that. host: adam green, any comment? guest: i do not have much to say about local west virginia law. you mentioned that mine. it was a travesty. i imagine there is an increased role for the government to play there if they do not crack down on these corporations who will take advantage of their workers. host: paul, louisville. democrat. good morning. caller: kudos to your organization, i plan on joining. two quick questions. back in july, august, i read about rand paul not following rules of the ama. he created a group of his own and said that he did not want to take the test that other doctors take. my second question is, is there any type of law that will cost truth in lending, advertising? corporations now have the power to do all this advertising but people do not
host: stephen, wrap it up. caller: the democratically controlled congress, said that, in west -- senate, in west virginia, mr. mansion, oliverio signed these bills over, giving power to the federal government. they are just going to continue to do that. host: adam green, any comment? guest: i do not have much to say about local west virginia law. you mentioned that mine. it was a travesty. i imagine there is an increased role for the government to play there if they do not crack down on these...
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host: louisville, kentucky, stephen, and that it. cal -- an independent. caller: my top moment of 2010 is that you will prove me wrong andt it c-span has had ch "cthor of a book called street." host: if you go to our video library at c-span.org, you concern yourself. missouri, go ahead. you with us? all right, we will move on. massachusetts, claude is an independent. caller: i have to take us back 10 once. -- 10 months. on a saturday they came in to work on health insurance reform. you remember that? can you producer but output of that? it was a saturday -- pender producer put up a cup of that? it was a saturday. they had a poor old guy who basically destroyed the double that day -- the gavel that day. the moment was, he said, "you guys can have a one-minute speeches, non-embellished," and democrats came out and threw out his speeches, unembellished, and you remember this. it was saturday, they were working hard, and republicans came up with parliamentary points of order, grovel grovel grovel. finally, they get to go up there. every speech they made was ,
host: louisville, kentucky, stephen, and that it. cal -- an independent. caller: my top moment of 2010 is that you will prove me wrong andt it c-span has had ch "cthor of a book called street." host: if you go to our video library at c-span.org, you concern yourself. missouri, go ahead. you with us? all right, we will move on. massachusetts, claude is an independent. caller: i have to take us back 10 once. -- 10 months. on a saturday they came in to work on health insurance reform....
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host: stephen dine's article about possible war. concludes with this. the house in december passed bill that included 23 billion for state teachers but the senate has not followed suit. david of wisconsin said the federal government should not squander by cutting off federal money now. more than one have signed on to support the local jobs for america's act. plus, 75 billion that states and localities would use for hiring. quote local community have to choose between raising taxes to sustain essential services or fire more workers said george miller of california, chairman of the house education and labor committee that wrote the bill. north carolina. todd on the republican line? caller: lady was right about pelosi. these 535 bums back in sessions. how much did they spend going around the world on easter vacation. the 7 counties outside ofdc where all the government workers live are the richest part of the country? these people should stay at home and stay among they're constituents and clean up government. thank you. host: lee on the independent line i
host: stephen dine's article about possible war. concludes with this. the house in december passed bill that included 23 billion for state teachers but the senate has not followed suit. david of wisconsin said the federal government should not squander by cutting off federal money now. more than one have signed on to support the local jobs for america's act. plus, 75 billion that states and localities would use for hiring. quote local community have to choose between raising taxes to sustain...
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caller: recently, stephen colbert had a spectacular two- part salute to the troops on his "colbert report," and in response to one of his questions to the veterans, what can you do to help troops reintegrate into society, and the response was spectacular -- "don't be afraid of us." i would like to know what you think of that. guest: one of the really positive things in this conflict, unlike the vietnam era, where a lot of the veterans have bitter memories of how they were treated when they came home, there really is from both the left and the right -- we just got a call from the democratic line -- whatever the policies about the war, there is a lot of support for the troops , and people letting step ahead in line, shaking their hands when they go to the airport. that is a positive thing. one of the people i talked to talked to forspan.or-- the article, he said, "people will talk to me at the airport and take my hand, but there is my wife next to me, and she has been through a lot, too. we need to acknowledge her." she has posttraumatic stress issues, because, among other things, she was o
caller: recently, stephen colbert had a spectacular two- part salute to the troops on his "colbert report," and in response to one of his questions to the veterans, what can you do to help troops reintegrate into society, and the response was spectacular -- "don't be afraid of us." i would like to know what you think of that. guest: one of the really positive things in this conflict, unlike the vietnam era, where a lot of the veterans have bitter memories of how they were...
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stephen dinafor democrats, 202-. for independents, 202-628-0205. you can find this on e-mail, journal@c-span.org, as well as twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. let's take a look at a piece from "the washington post" today. "for gop activists and hopefuls, no time like the president's. there is a far different message coming out of new orleans this weekend. a host of potential candidates moved through during the three day gathering, sarah palin being the most prominent, although not necessarily the best received. buffeted by growing satisfaction with president george w. bush, moving from the midterm elections in which they ultimately lost control of the house and senate. this year, however, roughly 3000 activists have their eyes on 2010, as do the politicians. the energy and enthusiasm on display amongst republicans if they do not get distracted or divided." referencing the weekend meeting in new orleans, urging gop not to indulge in distractions. "michael steele and acknowledge mistakes but cautioned against errors in a midterm year." we will be talkin
stephen dinafor democrats, 202-. for independents, 202-628-0205. you can find this on e-mail, journal@c-span.org, as well as twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. let's take a look at a piece from "the washington post" today. "for gop activists and hopefuls, no time like the president's. there is a far different message coming out of new orleans this weekend. a host of potential candidates moved through during the three day gathering, sarah palin being the most prominent, although not...
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also an interview with supreme court justice stephen briar. at 3:00 p.m., state of the union, an appearance by white house presidential adviser david axelrod and two other democrats. finally, at 4:00, face the nation has david axelrod, democratic congressman jerry nadler, and former vermont governor howard dean. these shows are brought to as a public service by the networks airs begin at arire- noon. listen to them all on cspan radio at 90.1 in the washington, d.c. area and sat/alliedxm radio. -- or satellite xm/radio. >> in london, a student riot. q &a expense to two programs each day. tonight, the former member of parliament and now writes for the times of london. q &a this weekend at 8:00, on c- span. >> judged porteous is only the fourth the judge to be convicted and remove. watch the senate trial and a final vote on line at the cspan video library. search, watch, and share any time all free. it is washington your way. "washington journal" continues. host: our washington roundtable. good morning. an advance onet something you wrote about l
also an interview with supreme court justice stephen briar. at 3:00 p.m., state of the union, an appearance by white house presidential adviser david axelrod and two other democrats. finally, at 4:00, face the nation has david axelrod, democratic congressman jerry nadler, and former vermont governor howard dean. these shows are brought to as a public service by the networks airs begin at arire- noon. listen to them all on cspan radio at 90.1 in the washington, d.c. area and sat/alliedxm radio....
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this is put on by jon stewart and stephen coal pwertd. that starts -- colbert. that starts at noon. the main partial we will show is scheduled from noon to 3:00 in the afternoon. a writing-up this morning this is from the "washington post" this morning, one take on it says with the capitol backdrop, clo crowd it should look like the political theatre it sends up. at some point do those mocking such hubris exhibit it. it is a tougher line to walk a flight attendant of no relation to the colbert star said in the balance between lampooning the absurdity of american politics and being part of it. she hopes it wouldn't be too political. that is from 12:00 to 3:00 here on c-span. elizabethtown, kentucky, inga on the democrat lien. caller: thank you for letting me -- any which, what i'm against is al-malaki from iraq, he liked to execute tarik aziz and he has done nothing. he came in and out of this country and negotiated when everything was good with iraq and america. i think that the man shouldn't be executed. this is my opinion. host: silver spring, maryland, next. peggy on the independ
this is put on by jon stewart and stephen coal pwertd. that starts -- colbert. that starts at noon. the main partial we will show is scheduled from noon to 3:00 in the afternoon. a writing-up this morning this is from the "washington post" this morning, one take on it says with the capitol backdrop, clo crowd it should look like the political theatre it sends up. at some point do those mocking such hubris exhibit it. it is a tougher line to walk a flight attendant of no relation to...
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one question you ask -- what was the mainÑi issue in the debate between abrahamçó lincoln and stephen douglasÑi in 1858? what is theÑi answer to that question? guest: it wasÑi actually the extension ofçó slavery into new territories. that was important during that time because there was a border war going on between kansas and missouri. ñrslavery had been a huge issue through the republic. ñrthere had been a compromise which is important to know. ñrÑiasÑi we expanded westward, e was a question of how to balance Ñieventually, it came to a headn the civil war. you get host: thisÑi test to a couple of thousand people. ÑiwhatÑi percentage got that fit question right? sqáj than 45%. that was in college graduates. that was an interesting finding from the report last year was the college did not add to much to it. they did better on the question slightly but it was stimn a failing grade. host:ñr here's another one -- ñe u.s. electoral college doesñr what? it has five choices. what isñr the answer to this? question because resurveyed elected officials asñrñr well. they go
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we are joined from stephen city, va.. caller: everybody wants a time line and would not even begun to help people get riyrt. it is like borrowing the neighbor -- neighbors a shovel. how long will he have that? we need to help them first and we will decide when we can pull out not now. you are just loading the buses. why wait for these questions to be answered. it is unbelievable. [no audio] our sunday roundtable will get under way in a few minutes. obama tries to rescue the massachusetts senate seat in a bid to save the race with more of the coakely -- martha coakley. next is angelo, from the orleans, the democrats' line. caller: thank-you for cspan. being a survivor of katrina, being in new orleans for eight days, i've never seen the red cross provide donated $10 to the red cross. in hope they would do a better job down there than they did during katrina. on a long-term thing -- we have three hospitals here that still have fences around them and our clothes that have not been reopened. it is five years after katrina. if
we are joined from stephen city, va.. caller: everybody wants a time line and would not even begun to help people get riyrt. it is like borrowing the neighbor -- neighbors a shovel. how long will he have that? we need to help them first and we will decide when we can pull out not now. you are just loading the buses. why wait for these questions to be answered. it is unbelievable. [no audio] our sunday roundtable will get under way in a few minutes. obama tries to rescue the massachusetts senate...
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you're on the line with stephen rose. caller: good morning, mr. rose. i have two questions. when i was young, our economy used to be based on primarily manufacturing. manufacturing was based on making a small profit on many, many, many items. our economy seems to be based on making a large profit on just a few items. driving the prices up, which eventually means that our wages no longer will cover, so we raise the minimum wage. that raised the minimum wage, it's been passed down on to the cost of the item until our minimum wage no longer covers on and on and on. when is our economy going to get back to the old-fashioned way, which seemed to work just fine, used to minimize the pepth of the depregs we went through other than the 1929 depression. and my second question is, would it not help our economy if, during a national crises and such, if we turned to companies within the areas of the crisis to help solve the crisis, such as during the gulf coast crisis california companies, during earthquakes, companies within the flood yareds during floods? guest: ok, made your point, t
you're on the line with stephen rose. caller: good morning, mr. rose. i have two questions. when i was young, our economy used to be based on primarily manufacturing. manufacturing was based on making a small profit on many, many, many items. our economy seems to be based on making a large profit on just a few items. driving the prices up, which eventually means that our wages no longer will cover, so we raise the minimum wage. that raised the minimum wage, it's been passed down on to the cost...
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stephen goldsmith, from the chairman of the corporation -- stephen goldsmith, the chairman of the national corp. for community service, said "last year's efforts may have been bolstered by the fact that president obama inc. a day of service into his inaugural festivities." mike, republican line. caller: i think that some things have changed with the black race. but there are other things that are worse. people getting caught up in entitlement. we just need a good education and good jobs, that would help the black race a lot. that caller from earlier, angry with glenn beck -- i listened to him as i like to hear different opinions. lou dobbs, he was taken off of cnn? education is the key. host: looking at the massachusetts election race tomorrow, from the public policy polling institute, they released these numbers -- scott brown is leading, 51-46. within the margin of error. over the last week he has continued his dominance with independent voters and increase his ability to win over obama voters. at the same time, democratic leaning voters have started to take more interest in the election
stephen goldsmith, from the chairman of the corporation -- stephen goldsmith, the chairman of the national corp. for community service, said "last year's efforts may have been bolstered by the fact that president obama inc. a day of service into his inaugural festivities." mike, republican line. caller: i think that some things have changed with the black race. but there are other things that are worse. people getting caught up in entitlement. we just need a good education and good...
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this is stephen, anyway's. host: you're a republican? >> y yes. i'm an independent basically leaning towards the republican, but you know, we have to straighten this mess out and you know, thank god for steve ban will whether he, where we better start buying american. we can't afford to be supporting other countries that don't support us. and that's all i got to say. host: all right. in the house leadership ranks there's a fight going on, a battle between energy representatives hoiier and over the second position. the second post in the minority and "politico" is that he's claiming the edge over liner. here's the "washington post". they're saying a compromise could be in the works between the two. one possibility is the everyone move down a slot compromise. that would mean hoiier would become minority whip and the number three post in the minority a job he held in 2006. representative john larson is caucus chairman announced his plans to run. but a democrat from california is running for the vice-chair man slot the five in the leadership. aids sug
this is stephen, anyway's. host: you're a republican? >> y yes. i'm an independent basically leaning towards the republican, but you know, we have to straighten this mess out and you know, thank god for steve ban will whether he, where we better start buying american. we can't afford to be supporting other countries that don't support us. and that's all i got to say. host: all right. in the house leadership ranks there's a fight going on, a battle between energy representatives hoiier and...
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host: thank you for your call, stephen, going a little bit off the rails. but regarding your point about the relationship with senator bayh and president obama -- they write about it in "the new york daily news." back to the phones. hot springs village, arkansas. henry all for independent -- henry, on the line for independents. caller: it starts with how people are elected. it used to be it cost millions of dollars to run for an office. today it is going to be a billion dollars to run for office. what in the world -- why do we have to pay that much money or they have to raise so much money to run for an office? that is stupid. stupid. but the thing is, the people retiring from congress, smart people have integrity, but you know who is leaving? the good peopleç are leaving ad the corrupted once who do not even pay income-tax says stay in the. host: thanks for your call. "the globe and mail close " says mitt romney threatened on a flight out of vancouver. westminster, maryland, stopped on the line for republicans. caller: i have to wonder why man like evan
host: thank you for your call, stephen, going a little bit off the rails. but regarding your point about the relationship with senator bayh and president obama -- they write about it in "the new york daily news." back to the phones. hot springs village, arkansas. henry all for independent -- henry, on the line for independents. caller: it starts with how people are elected. it used to be it cost millions of dollars to run for an office. today it is going to be a billion dollars to run...
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host: stephen, northampton, pennsylvania. caller: i have a problem with a false this coming from the congress on the democratic side, trying to reward people for non- activity. socialism has come to the forefront. the american people see right through this. the american people do not believe in their government anymore, and that is a bad thing. we are being led down a path of non-competition from anywhere from preschool love all up through the adult level. jobs are leaving the country and everyone is lying through their teeth to make things look good. host: let us take his first comment, people not believing in their government. is that added pressure to the president tonight to address that sentiment? guest: he is right. there is a greater distrust of government. it is not just simply people not supporting the president. congress always has sale level of trust among the american people, and it is lower now. it is also a problem for republicans this whole movement, the tea party movement, a patriopatriots, it is all geared to
host: stephen, northampton, pennsylvania. caller: i have a problem with a false this coming from the congress on the democratic side, trying to reward people for non- activity. socialism has come to the forefront. the american people see right through this. the american people do not believe in their government anymore, and that is a bad thing. we are being led down a path of non-competition from anywhere from preschool love all up through the adult level. jobs are leaving the country and...
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young people are cynical about the political structure r they are all stephen colbert fans and mock politics and politicians are all a bunch of bums but i'm glad you got involved. host: to david next from springfield, massachusetts -- oh, actually brian from michigan on the democrats line. caller: thanks. i have a lot of respect for you over the years as i listen to us. we have the news media and they are right in your wheelhouse, but how can politicians actually hideaway from direct questions suchs as you're getting, news conferences, we depend on our media to ask direct questions and try to get direct answers but if the president, whether it's this president or the last president, does not come out in front of them and avail themselves to direct questions, how can we learn more about where they're going and cut through all this clutter? i don't believe this president, president obama, has had a direct news conference since july. guest: that's been a topic at the white house briefings for the last few days, as reporters are beginning to pepper robert gibbs, the white house spokesman with qu
young people are cynical about the political structure r they are all stephen colbert fans and mock politics and politicians are all a bunch of bums but i'm glad you got involved. host: to david next from springfield, massachusetts -- oh, actually brian from michigan on the democrats line. caller: thanks. i have a lot of respect for you over the years as i listen to us. we have the news media and they are right in your wheelhouse, but how can politicians actually hideaway from direct questions...
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panelists include justice stephen breyer's. host: meet jeffrey miron. i am going to start with the stereotypes. a libertarian that is running the economics department at harvard. some people would be surprised at that. guest: 30 more libertarians' at harvard and some i guess. -- there are more libertarian's at harvard than some might guess. larry summers was one of my thesis advisers. he is also a friend. he is an incredible economists. he is thought provoking. the questions everything. being around him is stimulating because it makes you question that is a little bit of what i do. i take issue with what are perceived as bill and troops for -- known truths. host: along with kristanna -- christina romer, they are intellectuals. they are often surprised -- there are times when that larry and i have had brawls. we have shocked some light of accusing each other at making arguments as we would end an economic seminar, but it is a sign of respect and very argues with you. it is far better than being ignored. guest: absolutely. he is famous for wanting to deba
panelists include justice stephen breyer's. host: meet jeffrey miron. i am going to start with the stereotypes. a libertarian that is running the economics department at harvard. some people would be surprised at that. guest: 30 more libertarians' at harvard and some i guess. -- there are more libertarian's at harvard than some might guess. larry summers was one of my thesis advisers. he is also a friend. he is an incredible economists. he is thought provoking. the questions everything. being...
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what we need to do is get into those books and stephen and domestically who were the banks that lend it. if you remember correctly, a lot of those were not financial institutions. they changed their status overnight so they could get into the tills and take the money out. secondly, you said these companies had a joint -- a shortage of cash on hand. the fed opened of the lending bank and said, hey, take our money. now we are loaning money to worldwide banks and we have no way of getting that back. and on one last topic, caterpillar. they just issued a bunch of bonds for the first time in non- currency, which is the currency of china, bonds. host: next call to his foreign debt. .aller: i'm a veteran calling please let me make a comment. i want all our veterans to get together. i feel like all of those guys out to be taking drug tests. they're playing with our lives. they're playing with unemployment. gives the president's top 1% that tax bonus i will never vote for the president again. host: thank you for your call. greenway, wisconsin. paul is next, an independent. we're talking about
what we need to do is get into those books and stephen and domestically who were the banks that lend it. if you remember correctly, a lot of those were not financial institutions. they changed their status overnight so they could get into the tills and take the money out. secondly, you said these companies had a joint -- a shortage of cash on hand. the fed opened of the lending bank and said, hey, take our money. now we are loaning money to worldwide banks and we have no way of getting that...
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host: florida, stephen on the republican line. caller: good morning, sir. thank you for c-span for giving me the opportunity to see what my government is doing. i disagreed with the last caller. they use the word communist and socialist. obama is not anti business. if anything, he is a corporatist and it is shown and everything is -- he does. the bailout without putting things in the way so with the bonuses are not able to be put out there. i would also like to answer your question -- the tea party. everything he has done has been for big business and corporate america. if you look at anything he put through -- as a matter of fact, if you look at what the supreme court pushed through as far as being able to donate -- i am sorry, the word he gave to me -- to politicians, he still has not put out an executive order to stop it from happening. it has been weeks now. it is very easily done to put out an executive order like he said he was going to do. as far as the tea party movement. no, i did not go. i am not a sheep. the people who do go to not pay attention
host: florida, stephen on the republican line. caller: good morning, sir. thank you for c-span for giving me the opportunity to see what my government is doing. i disagreed with the last caller. they use the word communist and socialist. obama is not anti business. if anything, he is a corporatist and it is shown and everything is -- he does. the bailout without putting things in the way so with the bonuses are not able to be put out there. i would also like to answer your question -- the tea...
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stephen, good morning on the republican line. caller: good morning. how are you? i have a strong feeling we are in afghanistan fighting a war we will not win. i think we should get our troops out of there and get them ready for this thing with korea. i think korea will sneak up on us. host: we will talk about that later. the afghan effort tied to kandahar and success there. john is joining us from toledo, ohio. caller: good morning. first-time caller. i have tried to get through many times and i have always gotten a busy signal. this time, i was able to get through. people of lost interest in the wars. you do not see as much news about it. you see a lot of unimportant things. the reason i believe we are in afghanistan is because of pakistan. pakistan is very unstable. i think we are in -- sticking around in iraq because of iran. we are kind of pre-ready to act if we need to. i think that is the reason. i think one of the mistakes we made a right off the bat was the fact that there should have been a war tax. even right now, i know it would be political suicide, bu
stephen, good morning on the republican line. caller: good morning. how are you? i have a strong feeling we are in afghanistan fighting a war we will not win. i think we should get our troops out of there and get them ready for this thing with korea. i think korea will sneak up on us. host: we will talk about that later. the afghan effort tied to kandahar and success there. john is joining us from toledo, ohio. caller: good morning. first-time caller. i have tried to get through many times and...
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for instance, jay stephen grouse, under the bush administration, jay stephen grouse was a lobbyist for the mining interest, and bush appointed him as deputy secretary of the interior department. so there you've got the mining interests taking over the interior department. and jay steven grouse delivered what the mining interests expected from interior. i mean, examples are countless, you know, talk about henry paulson being disappointed as treasury secretary. you know, the guy comes from goldman sachs. the examples are unlimited. host: deer park, washington. joshua on our line for independents, good morning. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i'd like to ask mr. holman a personal question. did you ever work a real job outside of academia or government? guest: academia and now a lobbyist. caller: you've never worked a real job? you've never thrown garbage in a truck or bagged groceries or anything? guest: no. i consider being, you know, an academic also a real job. caller: so your entire life you've never had a real job? host: what's your point? caller: just curious. i just listen to thes
for instance, jay stephen grouse, under the bush administration, jay stephen grouse was a lobbyist for the mining interest, and bush appointed him as deputy secretary of the interior department. so there you've got the mining interests taking over the interior department. and jay steven grouse delivered what the mining interests expected from interior. i mean, examples are countless, you know, talk about henry paulson being disappointed as treasury secretary. you know, the guy comes from...
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host: he mentioned the stephen colbert testimony. it was written about today in "the washington post." was a good idea? guest: they can ask anybody they want to come to testify. he is from my home state of new jersey. i think he is very humorous but he is also a very intelligent. i think he is a good american. host: what to you think about the march on washington before the election? guest: i hope it is sensible. i hope it is not simply a mock -- we are good at that ourselves. we do not need stewart and colbert. lots of people have marches downtown, so why not them? host: next phone call. caller: i was watching congressman steve pomeroy, one of the so-called leaders of the blue dogs. i was thinking, they should change their name to pomeranian. all they do is yap at your feet and ask for food and they do not really do anything. you are talking about helping the middle class. i always thought the middle class was $100,000 a year. but a republican congressman was on the other day and he says it starts at $75,000 a year. well, median inc
host: he mentioned the stephen colbert testimony. it was written about today in "the washington post." was a good idea? guest: they can ask anybody they want to come to testify. he is from my home state of new jersey. i think he is very humorous but he is also a very intelligent. i think he is a good american. host: what to you think about the march on washington before the election? guest: i hope it is sensible. i hope it is not simply a mock -- we are good at that ourselves. we do...
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host: in roll call this morning, this is by stephen dennis. host: washington, d.c. is where our next call comes from on the line for republicans. good morning. caller:. thank you for taking my call. host: what is your priority? caller: stimulate the economy. i sent a memo to the white house some time ago asking that the president considered a 1- year moratorium on mortgages for households $250,000 or less. i just got a bread and butter note. that is the stimulus for working people. the banks are not hanging in there. for households, a 1-year moratorium would give the working people a stimulus. host: where would you spend that money? caller: many would pay off credit cards or paid tuition. it would work for the working people. right now, the working people have nothing. host: we are talking about a stimulus or reducing the debt. what is your priority? our next call comes from north carolina. ron on the line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. do i feel better about the debt? host: we want to know what your priority is. caller: actually, both. first
host: in roll call this morning, this is by stephen dennis. host: washington, d.c. is where our next call comes from on the line for republicans. good morning. caller:. thank you for taking my call. host: what is your priority? caller: stimulate the economy. i sent a memo to the white house some time ago asking that the president considered a 1- year moratorium on mortgages for households $250,000 or less. i just got a bread and butter note. that is the stimulus for working people. the banks...
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. >> energy secretary stephen chu, in prepared remarks, says the success of china and other countries represents a new spot in a moment for the u.s. and requires a similar innovation machine. the secretary chu speaks today at the national press club. you can hear his remarks live on c-span radio. today, the capitol christmas tree arrives. this year, it is a 67-foot tall engleman scoopers from wyoming. it will be decorated with ornaments from wyoming. this is the first time a christmas tree for the capital has come from that state. and minnesota it is still waiting to know who will be their next governor. a recount begins today. more than 2 million ballots will be reviewed. the taxpayer funded recount is automatic because mr. dayton's lead is within a half a percentage point. the next government is expected to take office january 3, but there's a chance that departing governor tim pawlenty could be pressed into longer service if the race is not decided by then. and those are some of the headlines on c-span radio. >> today, a number of academics from the brookings institution and the am
. >> energy secretary stephen chu, in prepared remarks, says the success of china and other countries represents a new spot in a moment for the u.s. and requires a similar innovation machine. the secretary chu speaks today at the national press club. you can hear his remarks live on c-span radio. today, the capitol christmas tree arrives. this year, it is a 67-foot tall engleman scoopers from wyoming. it will be decorated with ornaments from wyoming. this is the first time a christmas...
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host: this is stephen sloan, staff writer with congressional quarterly at cq.com. thank you. looking at this -- tentative deal to limit debit card fees. the house and senate democrats announced a tentative agreement to impose new limits on the big card fees which would resolve the main difference between the two chambers as the race to complete financial legislation before the fourth of july. it largely preserves the senate's language. also, and jumping over to this piece of el china's currency off the table -- the g-20 focuses on europe. looking ahead, the decision of china to allow its currency to rise gradually against the dollar has strengthened obama's hand going into the summit meeting this weekend in toronto. a little bit of other financial news from "usa today" and its financial section. more troubled mortgage borrowers are failing out of the obama administration for closure- prevention program. our main topic now looks at the new report out, looking at how the u.s. funnels money into afghanistan, perhaps paying war lords. this is how "the wall street journal" covers
host: this is stephen sloan, staff writer with congressional quarterly at cq.com. thank you. looking at this -- tentative deal to limit debit card fees. the house and senate democrats announced a tentative agreement to impose new limits on the big card fees which would resolve the main difference between the two chambers as the race to complete financial legislation before the fourth of july. it largely preserves the senate's language. also, and jumping over to this piece of el china's currency...
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ksa40 tweets in -- stephen pearlstein, a columnist and "the washington post" he usually writes about business issues, this is what he wrote this morning. democrats heard by voters unwillingness to accept reality -- hurt by voters on willingness to accept reality. that is a little bit from steve and posting's, and in "the washington post." dick morris writing his op-ed piece in "the hill." no longer do evangelical or social issues dominate the ground troops, but economic and fiscal issues prevail. the tea party made the republican party save for libertarians. in case you want to read more, thehill.com. this is from "the new york times." secretive republican donors are planning ahead. heading to the palm springs area for a long weekend in january to plan for the next one. this, again, is from "the new york times" this morning. this is from "the washington post." this is david milbanks. dennis from baton rouge. caller: i am and ideologies man. two quick points. in an ideal world, the way the political system would work is each individual would get out there and make it known who they ac
ksa40 tweets in -- stephen pearlstein, a columnist and "the washington post" he usually writes about business issues, this is what he wrote this morning. democrats heard by voters unwillingness to accept reality -- hurt by voters on willingness to accept reality. that is a little bit from steve and posting's, and in "the washington post." dick morris writing his op-ed piece in "the hill." no longer do evangelical or social issues dominate the ground troops, but...
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caller: think you, c-span, and thank you, stephen,. you were kind of like a consumer advocate for us in your editorial comments. i hope that you are a christian. it seems like a lot of the people on c-span, or those who work at c-span, are christians though they are kind of silence in their comments. they did not take sides either way. i just wanted to make a couple comments real quick about -- i know when we were paying $3 for each of the presidential candidates over the last i did not know how many years, 20 years or so. that was supposed to eliminate a lot of the problems with the lobbyists and the pac money coming in for the elections. how is that many supposed to be used? i do not know. i think it is kind of ridiculous that everyone is paying $3 for the election and the money is already wasted. the thing i am concerned about though is we have three branches of government. all three nations -- all three branches of this great nation are supposed to be working for the american citizen who is giving their all. the thing about it, the
caller: think you, c-span, and thank you, stephen,. you were kind of like a consumer advocate for us in your editorial comments. i hope that you are a christian. it seems like a lot of the people on c-span, or those who work at c-span, are christians though they are kind of silence in their comments. they did not take sides either way. i just wanted to make a couple comments real quick about -- i know when we were paying $3 for each of the presidential candidates over the last i did not know...
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time so i may choose [unintelligible] by here just as many attack ads from people like john stuart and stephen colbert as i do from rush limbaugh. all of them are morons trying to get people to vote one way or the other. host: did you vote for either to of the female senators? caller:no, i did not. i don't think i was in the state when they were voted for last time. host: when they come back for reelection, will you vote for them? caller: right now, patty murray is up for reelection. she chooses to vote the way that i agree with often. there are other topics that i disagree with her on. host: we will leave it there. guest: i understand where he is going. targets would be helpful. the other thing is that stanford did this fantastic study that shows that women legislators are far more effective than men legislators when it comes to the amount of legislation that they write, the amount of work that gets accomplished, the level of constituent service, and the constituent rating approval. women, when elected, are tremendously effective on both sides of the aisle. snowe and collins, both women from
time so i may choose [unintelligible] by here just as many attack ads from people like john stuart and stephen colbert as i do from rush limbaugh. all of them are morons trying to get people to vote one way or the other. host: did you vote for either to of the female senators? caller:no, i did not. i don't think i was in the state when they were voted for last time. host: when they come back for reelection, will you vote for them? caller: right now, patty murray is up for reelection. she...
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the retirement of justice stephens and the role of the southern political leadership conference and kevin mack corporationly has talk about taxes and refugees "inteliigence2 debate". washing"inteliige international. "washington journal" is next. . . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] here are the lines that you can comment on this morning. justice stevens is about to retire. is there a battle ahead? you can read just a couple of other ways if you want to do, besides the phone line. you can join us on twitter. even also find this on cspan.org. here are house some other newspapers are playing out the announcement. in the last paragraph, they talk about what is ahead as far as the election process. that is the "washington post." here is the "new york times." in ""the wall street journal", this is how they are freezing it this morning. -- of phrasing it this morning. all of those editorials talking about the process ahead. that is what we are focusing average discussion on this morning. if you like to weigh in on th
the retirement of justice stephens and the role of the southern political leadership conference and kevin mack corporationly has talk about taxes and refugees "inteliigence2 debate". washing"inteliige international. "washington journal" is next. . . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] here are the lines that you can comment on this morning. justice stevens is about to retire. is there a battle...
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caller: first of all, i'd like to turn to an article in "the new york times" that was written by stephen a. holmes, one of their best financial reporters, and he wrote in "the new york times" in a move that could help improve homeownership rates among minorities and lower income people fannie mae is easing the requirement on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders. fannie mae is the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages has been under increasing pressure from the clinton administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people. then it goes on to say in moving even tentatively in this new area of lending, fannie mae is take on significantly more risks, which may not pose more difficulty between flush economic times but it may run into trouble in an economic downturn prompting a government rescue similar to the savings and loans industry in the 1980's. host: caller, to your question. caller: this article was written in 1999. george bush wasn't anywhere near washington, d.c. that the time. the republicans had nothing to do with this bubble. the
caller: first of all, i'd like to turn to an article in "the new york times" that was written by stephen a. holmes, one of their best financial reporters, and he wrote in "the new york times" in a move that could help improve homeownership rates among minorities and lower income people fannie mae is easing the requirement on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders. fannie mae is the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages has been under increasing...
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host: trenton, texas, republican, stephen. color been a good morning. i appreciate c-span and the ability to have -- caller: good morning. i appreciate c-span and the ability to have the common man's voice heard. but put money in the hands of a common family. -- let's put money in the hands of the common family. we will not have the bailout unions or other entities that are trying to get into the american people's pockets. this money is hours to begin with. these men need to know that liberty is from the people and not from the government. host: thank you for calling in. this is from the "philadelphia inquirer." gop divided over leader -- phillip elliott rights that a significant block of national republican members want embattled michael steele to set aside but have failed to agree on a clear alternative. more than four dozen interviews with members of central committees found that feared that a badly-damaged steele could emerge from the wreckage to head the party. most agree that his time has been rough and costly. members also recognize that a leader
host: trenton, texas, republican, stephen. color been a good morning. i appreciate c-span and the ability to have -- caller: good morning. i appreciate c-span and the ability to have the common man's voice heard. but put money in the hands of a common family. -- let's put money in the hands of the common family. we will not have the bailout unions or other entities that are trying to get into the american people's pockets. this money is hours to begin with. these men need to know that liberty...
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host: stephen from idaho where the number of representatives is going to stay the same. caller: if i remember correctly, there was quite a bit of controversy about moving the census office to the white house. what effect could the executive branch have on the redistricting from the census? guest: to the extent that the executive branch is going to have a say over this process, it will most likely be enforcement in the voting rights act provision which allows legislators retro-aggression, which is the decline of the voting strength in a district. minority voters, in some states, have moved out into the suburbs. it gets harder to draw them into one district. the obama administration is going to have a very difficult job to do in enforcing this. they have to decide which battles to involve thenmselves in. in south carolina, for example, republican lawmakers love to put that nude seated in north carolina -- south carolina that would benefit republicans. democrats might argue it would be possible to create another african american majority district in the state. " we are like
host: stephen from idaho where the number of representatives is going to stay the same. caller: if i remember correctly, there was quite a bit of controversy about moving the census office to the white house. what effect could the executive branch have on the redistricting from the census? guest: to the extent that the executive branch is going to have a say over this process, it will most likely be enforcement in the voting rights act provision which allows legislators retro-aggression, which...
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host: stephen in brooklyn. republican line. caller: i want to comment on the two gentlemen you and i appreciate the arab negotiator. he seems negotiable -- reasonable. the other person, daniel levy, is the typical leftist point of view. you keep on hearing this over and over again, that if only netanyahu pressured the israelis to give in more and more, there would be peace. we are talking about two partners, a recalcitrant person is right wing israel. i will give you an example. there was an attack yesterday in israel. four jews were brutally murdered. so what did we get? we got condemnation from moscow abbas. -- mark would abbas -- mahmoud abbas. he said there should be no bloodshed in the middle east. in these attacks against arabs, let us say, four israeli soldiers when they are defending themselves, he calls it in the airport attack. it seems like a minor point, but the so-called palestinian mentality does not look at this as an abhorrent act. host: let me give mr. levy is a chance to respond. guest: both president abbas an
host: stephen in brooklyn. republican line. caller: i want to comment on the two gentlemen you and i appreciate the arab negotiator. he seems negotiable -- reasonable. the other person, daniel levy, is the typical leftist point of view. you keep on hearing this over and over again, that if only netanyahu pressured the israelis to give in more and more, there would be peace. we are talking about two partners, a recalcitrant person is right wing israel. i will give you an example. there was an...
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host: stephen, savannah, georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. good to see you, mr. drucker, you are normally on the other side in your studio. i appreciate your input whatever c-span has done. my comment is amazement at the political ineptitude of the democrats. they have no sense of exploiting a situation to their manager even when they have moral superiority. whenever there is a crisis she is always out there with the president. host: you are calling on the democratic line? caller: i am a democrat. it amazes me that even when the democrats have moral superiority the republicans always find a way to the run- down and issue. senator lugar is holding a press conference to put out his own blueprint on the energy situation. just another opportunity for him to get ahead of this issue. the democrats will sit silent. the republicans exploit the situation to their own advantage, it is amazing to me. sarah palin is the most vocal out there and more concerned about this by next door. host: thank you. guest: i understand his frustration. when every party is in power to the le
host: stephen, savannah, georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. good to see you, mr. drucker, you are normally on the other side in your studio. i appreciate your input whatever c-span has done. my comment is amazement at the political ineptitude of the democrats. they have no sense of exploiting a situation to their manager even when they have moral superiority. whenever there is a crisis she is always out there with the president. host: you are calling on the democratic line? caller: i...
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host: florida, stephen of independent line. caller: thank you for c-span for knowledge instead of opinion. earlier in your statement, john, usec @ to live with this jobs bill -- you said that with this jobs bill we would see more concerted effort from both parties to get something passed unlike the health care bill. i just wanted to point out the fact that we are not talking about the senate push it with a service, excellent talking about these politicians getting earmarks and money for the states to put through jobs in the next 10 months and look back and tell their constituents, look what i brought to you. it is a little bit different from what we have had -- we are excellent talking about something rather than a service, but talking about real cash money to bring home. guest: actually a good point. one of the big pieces of the bill that a lot of members would like would be the highway extension, which is sort of specific projects in the state they can point to to say these are dollars i brought home, an election year for a l
host: florida, stephen of independent line. caller: thank you for c-span for knowledge instead of opinion. earlier in your statement, john, usec @ to live with this jobs bill -- you said that with this jobs bill we would see more concerted effort from both parties to get something passed unlike the health care bill. i just wanted to point out the fact that we are not talking about the senate push it with a service, excellent talking about these politicians getting earmarks and money for the...